thank you to jamie
for letting us know that there is an elliott tribute show this weekend
in melbourne, australia! the show is on sunday, june 18th at the corner
hotel! here is what they posted on the corner hotel website:

remote memory, a
tribute to elliott smith
this night is a tribute to the muse of elliott smith whose music is
still with us, and whose work still reaches fans across the world. this
tribute is a follow up to the successful night, over a year ago which
featured so many great melbourne acts. the tribute album ‘remote
memory’ will be for sale on the night. performers include d rogers,
andy gordon, emma heeney, jaimi faulkner, nick murphy, tobias cummings,
raoul graf, greg nelson, andrew mccubbin, alfred daniel, megan bowman,
the folds, julian devery plus more to be announced. doors: 7pm.

tickets are $12+bf
at the corner box office (11am-8pm Mon-Sat). you can also call at 9427
9198 or visit their site at www.cornerhotel.com.

thanks to jessica
for letting me know that future butterflies, the elliott smith fan documentry,
now has a myspace page to get more news and information about the documentry.
the page is also another great place for fans of elliott to hang out
and see each other at on myspace :) if you are interested in finding
out how to be involved with documentry, please visit the future butterflies
myspace page by going here: http://www.myspace.com/future_butterflies.

finally, thank you
to marisol! for sending me a link to the recent and nice feature and
interview on npr about christopher o'riley's interpretations of elliott's
music. christopher sat down at the piano in npr's all things considered
to talk about his tribute to elliott, home to oblivion, an elliott smith
tribute. the page featuring the story also has some clips of chris'
versions and elliott's songs to give people a better idea what christopher
captured in listening to elliott's music. to hear the interview, hear
the songs and read some thoughts about elliott, please go here: npr's
all things considered. (06.15.06)

outside
in now part of the elliott smith memorial fund! - from elliott's family
:)

Hello everyone!

We, the members of
Elliott's family, have been discussing some new options for the Elliott
Smith Memorial Fund, and we have an exciting new development that we
wanted all of you to know about. We've raised quite a bit of money,
thanks to generous donations from so many of you, in Elliott's name.
All money raised thus far has gone to Free Arts for Abused Children.
We've raised over $50,000, (quite possibly a LOT more than that, we're
waiting on some tallies from the organization,) and we decided that
there are tons of other very worthy causes that we'd like you to know
about, and possibly choose as well.

"Outside In"
is a Portland-based not-for-profit organization aimed at helping homeless
Portland youth. The organization provides all kinds of very important
support, such as housing, medical clinics, a needle-exchange program,
transgender/sexual identity services, and scholarships, among other
things, for street kids. According to their website, 80% of homeless
youth who go through their transitional housing program never return
to the streets. Think about that statistic- this organization is changing
kids' lives in the biggest way possible- taking them off the streets
and getting them started on a new, safe path through support and love.
We think this organization will really benefit from our donations, and
we invite you to check Outside In out for yourself. Their website is
outsidein.org.

We feel that this
organization is a good fit for Elliott's fund for a number of reasons.
Elliott was vocal about helping abused kids, and those are largely the
population that Outside In serves, though it is not a requirement. Outside
In hits close to home- their facilities are actually RIGHT across the
street from Lincoln High School, where Elliott went to school. Finally,
Elliott knew of Outside In and had actually agreed to do a benefit for
their needle-exchange program. Sadly, he never got the chance, but now
we have an opportunity to give to this organization is his name.

The Elliott Smith
Memorial Fund will continue to support Free Arts for Abused Children,
as we believe this is a great organization that does great things for
so many kids, but we also encourage donors to "spread the wealth"
and consider choosing Outside In for your next donation. The choice
is yours!

Here's how it works:

You, (or your group/organization/event,)
decide to donate to the Elliott Smith Memorial Fund. (a huge THANK YOU,
by the way... we know that many of Elliott's fans are young and don't
have much money to speak of, and the smallest of donations really touch
our hearts, knowing that someone sacrificed buying a CD or a t-shirt
or DINNER that night to send the check...)

You CHOOSE which
organization to send your money to.

(Free Arts or Outside
In.) 100% of your money goes directly to the charity you choose, as
has always been the case.

To support OUTSIDE
IN:

Make your check out
directly to "Outside In", and make sure to put "Elliott
Smith Memorial Fund" in the MEMO field of your check. (If you forget,
and follow the procedure we've been doing with Free Arts, they can also
cash the checks if you make them out to "Outside In/Elliott Smith
Memorial Fund". The first method is preferable, however.)

Send OUTSIDE IN checks
to:

Outside In
1132 SW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

To support FREE ARTS
FOR ABUSED CHILDREN:

The procedure is
the same as it has been. Make your check out to "Free Arts/Elliott
Smith Memorial Fund".

We hope all of you
are doing well and staying safe, happy, and healthy. Thank you for making
Elliott's music, and now his legacy, a part of your life. He did so
many good things while he was here, and this fund is an extension of
that spirit, embodied in all of you. Our deepest gratitude, along with
the gratitude of the kids your money is helping, goes out to each and
every one of you. Take care.

Sincerely,
Elliott's Family

also if you would
like to join the elliott smith memorial fund mailing list, please go
here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/esmemorialfund

if you would
like to make a donation via paypal, please send it to esmfund@yahoo.com.
this email address is set up exclusively for the paypal account so any
emails sent to it will probably go unanswered. thank you! :) (06.06.06)

elliottsmith.com
+ sweetadeline.net (with a heart around it)

i don't
even know what to say! at the beginning of may i recieved an email from
casey from elliottsmith.com telling me for the time being that he is
going to take a break from upkeeping elliottsmith.com :( casey was the
second person to have a website dedicated to elliott and his site was
a huge influence on the work i have help put together here on sweet
adeline. not only that, he help bring a wonderful sense of community
between all of elliott's fans and very supportive of others who wanted
to be a part of that community. so instead of just closing his site
and letting it be, he was kind enough to consider forwarding the elliottsmith.com
name to sweet adeline. so you are now able to access sweet adeline by
entering elliottsmith.com in the address bar of your favorite browser
:) it's an amazing honor and hopefully fans of es.com will like it too.
thank you casey and i hope you come back soon. xo (06.04.06)